Car-proof construction.



PATENTED MAR. 19, 1907.

' G. STEINMEYER, SR.

lOARV ROOF CONSTRUCTION. APPLIoATIo-N H'm MAR. 1, 190e.

I N VEN TOK.

WITNESSES.-

ATTORNEY.

To all whom it 1mi/y concern:

STEINMEYER, SR., OFSTpLOUIS, MISSOURI. vf

C Awaooaf CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 1, 190B. Serial N0. 303,722.

Patented March 1,9, 190'.

Be it known'that I, GUs'rAv STEINMEYER, l,

Sr. -a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented i certain new and useful Improvements in Car- 'Roof Constructions, of which the following 1s a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof. 1

My invention has relation to. improve-l ments in car-roof constructions; and it conl ed out in the claim.

longitudinal section on line 2 2 of '.'1.

- sider plate entering into the present construcstruction for that class of cars.`

isupported by the horizontal leg or portion of` lcarline 4 in the present instance is a channelbar havin sloplng terminals conforming to the pitch o the roof, and superposed overthe sists in the novel construction of roof more fully set forth in the specification and. point- In the drawings, Figur'efi is a vertical transverse section on line 1 1 of E' 2, talren at the upper corner of a car; and 1g. 2 is a t hepresent invention is special y appli-` cable to` stgelfcars, Where a com osite side plate of woodland metal is -desira le for the support of the channel-bar carlines of the roo and it has for its vobject to insure a rigid, 1 durable, andyet comparativelyI light'con- In detail' the invention may be described as follows:` l' Referring tothe drawings, 1 represents thev uprights or channel-posts of the car-body, and 2 the wooden member of the composite tion. This wooden member rests on andis the metal member or angle-bar 2', the latterr being secured to the ciarmebposts 1 by means of angle Aplates or brackets 3. The

carlines and interposed between the latter and the roof-boards 5 are the rafters or fillers g 1 6, the roof-boards having a continuous and uninterruptedl support on the saidfraiters and side plates.

or abutments 7, provided with lateral c annel `,wings or arms 8, which enter the channels ofthe c'arlines and are riveted thereto. The

longitudinal edges, said ends bearing against the. inclined ridges'9, formed on the anchors 7.1;- The thrustV due -to the strains is thustransn'xtted at right angles from the carlines 55 gto-then: anchorsor abutments,"the inelina- 'tions of the ridges 9 with the; faceslf the" anchors l7 'being equal tothe anglelof the Y pitch of the roof. The abutments`7-are Seli-' each abutment having cast t face' adjacent to the side plate a suitable boss or` stud 11, which enters the timber or Wooden Vmember .2 of the composite* sideplate, said stud resting on the horizontal leg' '6.5; ofthe angle-bar member 2 4of said side plate, 1

asshowninFig. 1. i A A I Iaving described lmy invention, "what I claim isf-A i lIn a car-roofjconstrixction, a cofmposite 47o side plate :comprising a Wooden member-and an angle-bar member supporting the saine, a

4 carline V ancl'ior-plate secured to the wooden member and resting on the angle-bar member, and .means for securing the anchor-plate 7'5 tothe carline, 'substantially as set forth.Y -i In testimony whereor` I aiiix'my signature in presence of two witnesses.

` GUSTAV- STEINMEYER, SR. Witnesses: 1 r i EMIL STAREK, Maar L D. Wnrrcon.

Interposed between the ends of the 'carlines and sidey plates are cast-metal anchor-p ates 5I des or Webs of the channels of the carlines 5o have their; ends cut at right angles to their j 'cured by bolts 10 to they side plate mlilmber, 510 erewit `can t 'e 

